Category: Db2 z/OS

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Session title: What Organizations are Doing (and Looking to Do) with Db2 for z/OS: Trends and Directions

Session abstract: You may have seen Db2 for z/OS “trends and directions” presentations at various conferences and user group meetings. They are typically given by the IBM Director of Db2 for z/OS Development, together with one of the senior architects on the development team, and they provide a look into the future: where is IBM taking the product?
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Session title: Db2 12 for z/OS, Continuous Delivery, Function Levels and Application Compatibility (APPLCOMPAT)

Session abstract: Db2 12 for z/OS continuous delivery means new capabilities are added to your Db2 environment as you apply maintenance. There is a lot of flexibility in how you manage the introduction of some of those capabilities to your applications. “A lot of flexibility” also means a lot of choices.
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Session title: Are you happy or are you still deprecated?

Session abstract: Db2 has grown a lot over the years and, partly due to this, it carries around a ton of old baggage. It is definitely the right time to start crawling through the Db2 catalog and review any and all of the “deprecated” objects that are hanging around still nailed to their perches! Continue reading “Are you happy or are you still deprecated?”

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Session title: Huffman Compression Usability

Session abstract: Db2 12 for z/OS delivered the Huffman compression feature as an additional compression option. The Huffman compression feature exploits the Z hardware-based Huffman entropy encoding compression within the IBM z14 Compression Coprocessor (CMPSC). Continue reading “Huffman Compression Usability”

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Session title: Rebind Phase-In

Session abstract: In a busy Db2 system, applications are continuously executed by several threads. In order for a DBA to rebind application packages to enable new features by changing bind options or make changes to access paths for the static SQL statements, the DBA must wait for a window in which the applications aren’t running, must take an application outage, or must use a cumbersome workaround. Continue reading “Rebind Phase-In”